While the Blue Devils have not competed as a team since
the season-opening Penn State Duals on Jan. 12, Duke has had success at the Philadelphia
Invitational in the last two trips with the women posting a 9-1 record and the
men 8-3 since the 2011 edition.

The Penn State Duals are the only dual meet the Blue
Devils have competed in this season. The Blue Devil men went 2-2 that day,
while the women turned in a 2-3 record that included a pair of one-point losses
to No. 3 Columbia and No. 10 Penn.

Leading the Blue Devil men are epees Dylan Nollner (3-3)
and Alessio Santoro (10-2), foils Chris Sullivan (8-4) and Rod Shayesteh (6-6),
and sabers Anthony Lin (6-3) and Charles Copti (9-2). The epees enter the
weekend with a 3-1 record, while the sabers are a perfect 4-0.

On the women's side, senior epee and two-time All-America
Emily D'Agostino is coming off of a 14-1 showing at the Penn State Duals that
propelled the women's epees to a flawless 5-0 record. All three women's epees
came away with double-digit victories at Penn State, including freshman
Isabella Barna (13-2) and sophomore Sarah Collins (10-5). Senior Sean Cadley
(14-1) and junior Kodia Baye-Cigna (11-4) carried the sabers to a 3-2 record on opening
weekend as well.